Wolf By the Ears

Reading 2:
Find all of the examples of lying. Why, do you suppose, the author emphasized this dishonesty?

Reading 3:
Jefferson vs. Bankhead
Foreshadowing

Map-overview of Monticello

B'rer Rabbit

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Full original title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written By Himself
The wording of the title implies....?

Slave Narrative
intended audience?
intended purpose?

Dates:
1838--FD escaped
1841--career as orator begins
1845--published this narrative
1847--friends bought his freedom
1895--FD dies







The Library of Congress's website contains the interviews of former slaves. Here is a song sung by a former slave.

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What passage/passages stood out to you?

With 10:00 appointment, find additional examples of your assigned theme on book mark.

A. Systematic Dehumanization
p. 48--Sabbath school--broken up

B. Physical Cruelty

C. Effects of the Slave System on Whites
p. 56--why the apprentices beat him up

D. Acts of Resistance
p. 49 determined to be free
p. 51 Patrick Henry comparison
p. 53 Henry's resistance


E. Religious Hypocrisy
p. 47--Rev Rigby
p. 46--religion of the south

(F. Powerful language)
p. 50-1-- his tough choice, dangers of running away